Progeria
Among the rarest people are with Progeria also known as Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome. This disease gives teens the frail bodies of people near 100 years old. This disease increases body aging to about seven times as fast. He or she will have similar respiratory, cardiovascular,and arthritic conditions as a 70 year old. It is believed that it is cause by a abnormal gene. Normally for each gene there are two copies, one from each parent. Progeria is considered to be the result of a dominant mutation.
Symptoms of Progeria

  • Growth failure during the first year of life
  • Narrow or shrunken face
  • limited range of motion

Treatment for Progeria
currently there is no treatment for Progeria

EXAMS AND TESTS INCLUDE
Signs include
  • Insulin-resistant diabetes
  • Skin changes are similar to that seen to scleroderma
  • Genetic testing can be detected by mutations in lamin A that cause progeria.

Progeria is associated with a short life span. Some people can live up to 30 years. The cause of death is related to the heart or a stroke.
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Progeria
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Statistics of Progeria

  • Out of the whole world only one in 8 million people get the disease Progeria. For every one year with progeria it equals as 10 years of aging.

Inheritance
Progeria may be a de novo dominant trait. It develops during cell division in a newly conceived child or the gametes of one of the parents.


http://www.manbir-online.com/diseases/progeria.htm
http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/progeria/overview.html
http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/progeria/overview.html
http://progeriainfo.weebly.com/statistics.html
http://www.faq4me.net/Biology/285892.htm

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